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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Trusting and Honoring our Personal Patriotism

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July 4th, 2017

Greetings!

Patriotism has become such a loaded word, especially since the Viet Nam War and then heightened by the rhetoric chosen to respond to the attacks of 9-11.

Last night, an American baseball game featured little flags and fireworks courtesy of Lockheed Martin. It would be so easy, sometimes, to get really cynical and turn our hearts and minds away from understanding and honoring what being patriotic means to each of us, personally. (We also have some ideas below!)

HERE IS A CHALLENGE TO DO THAT TODAY.

Take 10-15 minutes today to sit down with a pen and paper today and put the words "If I followed my own personal definition of patriotism, I would___________" and, without judgement, just start writing whatever comes into your head. Then, when you are done, put it aside. Later tonight or tomorrow circle two or three things you are committed to doing during the month of July. Put it on the fridge. In August, review and revamp if it was a worthwhile exercise for you. But FIND SOMETHING that is personally meaningful FOR YOU and DO IT and patriotism be reinvigorated in your life and fuel you to create an even better one.

A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DEFINITION OF PATRIOTISM

The word patriotism actually has a pretty long history. Here's an Encyclopedia entry to browse for those of you who dig linguistics and want to read up for the challenge above!

MAKING SURE ALL VOTES COUNT IS PATRIOTIC

ELECTION PROTECTION IS AT THE HEART OF PROTECTING ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS

The DuPage Dems Election Protection Team will have an organizing meeting on Thursday, July 6th, at 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

We will be discussing the statewide campaign to get the Illinois Election Integrity Act passed in time for the November 2018 General Election.

We will also be discussing the Statewide Election Integrity Conference (tentative agenda) that will be held on Saturday, September 16th at the IBEW#701 Union Hall in Warrenville featuring some very prominent speakers including Mark Crispin Miller.

Here is a single-page summary of the Election Integrity Act (HB 712 / SB 834).

We have also attached a brief article by Dr. Josh Mittledorf that you may find helpful.

(ALL 3 FILES WILL DOWNLOAD BUT MAY NOT OPEN TO NEW PAGE)

Because of the widespread and nearly invisible nature our election integrity problem, We highly recommend watching the Documentary "Stealing America Vote by Vote" on You Tube.The documentary is filled with a wealth of relevant information and is very well done.

If you would like to attend, please contact Larry Quick:

e-mail: quickinfo@qnc.us 630-460-0857

VOTING WITH OUR FEET + CLIP BOARDS CAN BE PATRIOTIC

THE MOST IMPORTANT MOVEMENT IN DUPAGE COUNTY THIS SUMMER: Over 200 People are participating in our Summer Issue Canvass and we are ready to add YOU

You can get on board RIGHT AWAY. TRAINING 7/5/17

TOMORROW NIGHT there will be a Summer Issue Canvass TRAINING at 7 pm at Dem HQ (MAP). You can just show up there or sign up here and we will reach out to you.

If you have any questions, please write to the Ground Team: Ground@dupagedemocrats.com or call 630-437-1861

List of all group canvasses and survey turn-in dates can be found here

VOTING WITH OUR WALLETS CAN BE PATRIOTIC

DONATE

$5 a month goes a long way if everyone does it.

CAMARADERIE AND FUN GIVE PATRIOTISM LIFE, TOO

DEMOCRATS DAY 8/17

Join other proud Democrats to celebrate the fact that we have we continue to fight for protecting the services which keep our parents and our children, our jobs and our environment safe even in the face of an intransigent governor.

Get your ticket today for the Democrat Day Brunch sponsored by the Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association and plan to grab the bus out to the State Fairgrounds to see the butter cow and do a little espionage in the Republican booth!

CLICK HERE

GOLF OUTING 8/18

Join us for an afternoon of great golf, prizes, and food at the 2017 DuPage Democrat's Golf Outing. This year's outing will be held at Prairie Landing Golf Club in West Chicago on Friday, August 18th. For all of the details and to register,

go HERE.

Hope to see you there!!

POTLUCK PICNIC 8/20

Come join the DuPage Democrats for their annual potluck picnic! Eat good food, have some fun, and talk about our group's summer issue canvass, what's going on in our affinity groups, who the next Democratic Governor will be, and how we are turning DuPage blue!

We will provide the basics, including hot dogs, veggie patties, and buns. Go to this link and let us know you are coming and what you will bring.

LAST MINUTE SEARCH FOR FOURTH OF JULY PARADES? Check with your Democratic Township Organization HERE.

If you wish to get the most up-to-date information coming out of the Democratic Party of DuPage County, your best bet is to link to the Facebook Page or to our Twitter Feed both of which can be found below. Our blog on our website and these newsletters paint the broader picture of what's happening as there is simply not enough room (or human attention) to give an ongoing list of all actions/dates/contacts/ each time.

We do think these actions, whether by us or by an allied group, are important and the best place to keep up with them is Facebook and Twitter. Join us there today, would you?

Look forward to seeing each of you very soon!

Democratic Party of DuPage County